Fiji | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source
Fiji | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.19407135 1960
5.04464697 1961
4.91204546 1962
4.79386863 1963
4.69206285 1964
4.63623002 1965
4.68077769 1966
4.68152042 1967
4.5999768 1968
4.54356013 1969
4.49695733 1970
4.4662398 1971
4.45032195 1972
4.43446356 1973
4.42664718 1974
4.43775643 1975
4.44498021 1976
4.45445638 1977
4.47128592 1978
4.498217 1979
4.53431968 1980
4.56246345 1981
4.58624509 1982
4.61270259 1983
4.64575004 1984
4.70028328 1985
4.81871822 1986
4.88781722 1987
4.86596172 1988
4.84455456 1989
4.81918145 1990
4.79473931 1991
4.77574498 1992
4.76311636 1993
4.75642739 1994
4.75686073 1995
4.76353717 1996
4.81940811 1997
4.9206228 1998
5.02858561 1999
5.14147615 2000
5.25871686 2001
5.37355473 2002
5.49526664 2003
5.63808403 2004
5.7901872 2005
5.95151417 2006
6.12392799 2007
6.26275696 2008
6.36693637 2009
6.48824934 2010
6.64255001 2011
6.82212343 2012
7.01474127 2013
7.21433351 2014
7.36138373 2015
7.4820445 2016
7.67129654 2017
7.91528393 2018
8.1925969 2019
8.48624159 2020
8.74791324 2021
9.00563283 2022
Fiji | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source